Casgliadau Arlein
Amgueddfa Cymru
Chwilio Uwch
Modern cornelian intaglio (bearded philosopher)
Gemstone found in the topsoil in the excavation of barrack buildings at Myrtle Cottages site, Caerleon in 1939. Held as a pendant within a gilded bronze band, its prisitine condition shows that it has never been set as a ring stone. The subject is common on Roman gems, but the rather mechanical style of the engraving and the unusual orange colour of the stone, show this intaglio to be a modern copy, probably of the nineteenth or early twentieth century.
Pwnc
Archeoleg a Nwmismateg
Rhif yr Eitem
39.386/2.1
Gwybodaeth am y darganfyddiad
Enw'r Safle: Myrtle Cottage Orchard, Caerleon
Cyfeirnod Grid: ST 33 91
Dull Casglu: excavation
Dyddiad: 1939
Derbyniad
Donation, 20/7/1939
Mesuriadau
(): diameter / mm:18.8mm
Deunydd
cornelian
Lleoliad
In store
Categorïau
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